Friday, March 3, 2017

The new Custodes Achillus Dreadnought is here!
And damn, it kicks traitor ass!

Legio Custodes Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought £56 ($68.50)

From Forge World:

In those isolated cases where the body has been all but irrevocably
destroyed but the Custodian’s mind remains intact and their will to
survive undimmed, internment within the cold and unyielding body of a
Dreadnought is the next step. To this purpose, the few Dreadnoughts of
the Legio Custodes are as singularly advanced as their other wargear,
outfitted with weapons and systems artificer-made by the servants of the
Imperial Court. At the time of the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, the
most widely employed was the Contemptor-Achillus, a general battle unit
which combined phenomenal strength and speed with the echoes of the
interned Custodes’ own unmatched martial skill.

A fearsomely-beweaponed example of Dreadnought technology, this model is
bristling with both impressive detail and offensive capability. It’s
exceptionally posable, featuring options for open and closed hands –
meaning the included Dreadspear can be modelled in a single-hand or
two-hand grip, with shoulder ball joints and elbow joints for almost
infinite poses. There are also different foot options, meaning the
model’s weight can be placed on either.

Not content with just the Dreadspear, this Dreadnought also features a
choice of two wrist-mounted storm bolters, Infernus incinerators or
Adrathic destructors. The sweeping lines and large surfaces of the
armour are broken by detailed Imperial iconography – this model will
yield fantastic results for the painter, whether dedicated to picking
out details or using shades and drybrushing to bring them out.

Rules for this model can be found in The Horus Heresy Book 7 – Inferno

This multi-part resin kit comes as 46 components, and is supplied with a 60mm round base.

And there is a two-Dreadnought bundle! £112 ($137)

Two Dreadnoughts for £112

Pick up the two unique Legio Custodes Contemptor
Dreadnoughts in one click with this bundle, giving you a pair of great
resin models with which to fill the Elite and Heavy Support slots in a
Legio Custodes army. You’ll receive:

The eminently-posable Legio Custodes Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought;
featuring open and closed hands, shoulder and elbow ball sockets and
differing foot options allowing a huge variety of modelling options; his
Dreadspear can be wielded in either or both hands, with a choice of two
wrist-mounted storm bolters, Infernus incinerators or Adrathic
destructors, and:

A Legio Custodes Contemptor-Galatus Dreadnought, wielding a huge
Galatus Warblade with its inbuilt twin-linked infernus incinerator, and
equipped with a vastly enlarged version of the Custodes Praesidium
shield.This bundle includes 2 60mm round bases.

So there you go Horus Heresy fans! A new Dread to hack at Traitors with!